110 – Carelessness
“…… Kuck.”
Black blood flowed from White’s lips.
…… It felt like organs were bursting.
The inside was shaking as it was, and the brain was shaking as if it had hit an earthquake.
It was the result of forcefully casting magic, and the aftermath.
It was a side effect that I had to deal with, but even so, the throbbing sensation in my head was something that was hard to bear.
“…… Under.”
With one exhalation, White gritted his teeth.
You must not collapse now.
The fainting was even worse.
He’s still alive.
As long as he was hit head-on by the flames of hell, even the enemy demon king wouldn’t be able to withstand it easily.
Still, he wouldn’t have died.
If he had died that much, he would have turned the whole continent upside down to find him.
…… That’s why I know.
He is not dead.
However, it is only expected that he suffered considerable damage from the great magic that was inflicted while he was careless.
Awesome!
White gnashed his teeth and touched his knees as he tried to collapse.
At the same time, he looked straight ahead with his bloodshot eyes wide open.
…… Everywhere was burning.
The flames of hell that descended upon space itself did not stop at the target, but reached the point where it burned everything.
Dark red flames brightly colored the area around the extension.
And I look at a man who probably exists beyond the flames.
Ugh-
Raising mana again.
I had to see the end here.
Because of that, he couldn’t collapse.
“…… Judge.”
That’s why I spit it out.
A chant to weave a powerful magic that will not fall behind even compared to that great magic from a moment ago.
…… Even if the circle is broken, even if permanent damage remains.
Everything ends here.
With such determination, White continued his words.
“Distort it. Destroy it at the same time-“
Tooquaaa!
“──?!”
…… No.
I wanted to continue singing like that, but.
I couldn’t.
I couldn’t.
…… Gloryhole stops.
Mana flows back and starts returning to the circle at the same time.
The intense pain from that hit her whole body, but at least for that moment, she couldn’t afford to pay attention to such things.
“…… Kuck!”
Kwaak-
White opened her eyes and let out a drool at the momentary sensation of a choke on her throat.
‘…… How?’
It was such a question that came to mind.
“Awesome. I am truly in admiration right now, White Qliphort.”
…… She looks at her man who has come before her eyes.
She looks at Shah Sar, who is staring at her unscathed, unscathed, as she scatters her signature fiery red hair.
…… It couldn’t be, or it was impossible.
Those thoughts ran through her head.
How.
How did you do it?
…… I watched it from start to finish.
It was said that there was nothing to take his gaze off.
He was vigilant the whole time, and had blind confidence in his own strength.
He didn’t think at all that he would be beaten by a young guy who wasn’t even 20 years old at most.
…… I did.
‘Why?’
A disbelief settled in White’s eyes, as if to say that he couldn’t believe it.
How did you survive?
I was sure.
No matter how much he was Shasar, if he hadn’t been determined and prepared for defense from the beginning, he would not have been able to block his great magic.
That was the obvious, unquestionable truth.
…… So, naturally, thoughts flow in one direction.
‘Were you prepared?’
A thought suddenly came to mind, White bit his lip.
…… What was he thinking that Shasar, full of arrogance, acted for defense?
He didn’t deserve it.
If anything gets in his way, he breaks it down, and he thoroughly destroys anything that exposes its teeth to itself.
At that point, he wouldn’t even have the slightest hesitation.
At the same time, what it meant was a blind trust in his own strength.
Unless it was accompanied by that, his overwhelming strength would not have been created in the first place.
…… That’s what I thought.
He must be underestimating himself.
Apparently, he must have been caught off guard thinking that the little boy was beating up.
And that, to put it mildly, was more like a rational decision.
I was well aware of his personality.
At least in this time frame, I could confidently say that I knew him better than anyone else, except for the 12 demon lords.
…… So, because of that.
I was convinced.
‘…… It was rather me who was caught off guard.’
White distorted his expression.
Distorting it, at the same time glaring at Shasar with bloody eyes.
And just like that, when White’s thoughts were over, Shasar opened his mouth again.
“Look, did you find a loophole in me? If a kid like you was my opponent, did you think I would catch my guard?”
“… ….”
White clamped her mouth shut.
However, her eyes still sparkle with a terrifying expression and contain Shah Sar.
Shasar let out a chuckle.
It was an obvious mockery.
“I don’t know on what basis you judged me. Maybe Ashera told me about my personality.”
But.
In addition, Shah Sar curved the corners of his eyes into half-moon shapes.
“That’s why I didn’t let my guard down. It’s not anyone else, it’s Ashera’s disciple. It’s even more so if it’s a monster that can draw out 9-level mana at a very young age.”
How can I be careless?
Shah Sar raised only one corner of his mouth, creating an unpleasant smile.
“I am arrogant, but at the same time I am not stupid. A sewage clearer than me would always look down from above, but soon the words could be interpreted like this.”
–If it’s an existence judged to be equal to me, then I won’t even be careless in the slightest.
Kwaak-
“Kuh… ….”
Shah Sar opened her mouth again, tightening her grip on White’s neck.
“Glory to you, White. You are now the only being treated as equal to me. That’s because even Yarak, who is called the second-in-command of the 12 demon lords, has not reached it.”
While saying that, Shasar began raising his mana again.
A deep red haze rises.
The mana takes shape, and soon becomes a sharp thorn and aims at White.
“Until now, I thought there would be no one other than Ashera who could harm me. And I thought she would never show up.”
“… ….”
“But, now we have another one.”
Shah Sar smiles her eyes at the silent White.
…… And soon, he starts pouring mana into her grasp.
“──!”
White’s blue eyes widened.
A bloody pang of pain hit his whole body.
He tried to raise Mana to free Shasar’s hand from his neck, but even that was interrupted.
Suppressing mana with mana was an impossible skill unless you were on a far higher level than your opponent.
White gritted his teeth.
I had to get away.
If I don’t release this grip right now.
…… I was sure.
‘──I will die.’
It would lead to death.
There was no theory.
It was clear.
Soon, the grip on his neck would twist his body.
‘…… I have to get out.’
It shouldn’t be otherwise.
…… My mind started to gradually fade.
I could see Shasar smiling eerily, but at the same time my vision was getting blurry.
And in the end, I couldn’t even properly grasp the shape.
‘…… If I die now.’
That was the last vague thought that came to mind.
If you die now, what will happen?
…… What came to mind was nothing else.
I just remembered one girl.
‘Ashe, la.’
Inwardly, I muttered her name quietly.
No voice came out.
That’s why I became even more desperate.
I shouldn’t have died.
If you lose your life, that day is the end of everything.
There will be no such thing as being given another chance like before the return.
…… Wasn’t even that a miracle created by her own hands in the first place?
As such, in the end, everything depended on oneself.
‘Time, even now.’
…… Do i have to turn it
No, more than that.
Can it be turned or not?
Will it be allowed to use the authority that has brought me closer to God once again, with the current stage where I have not even reached the 9th circle?
There wasn’t enough time to continue her thoughts.
It was soon.
…… Now, it was soon.
‘──Ah.’
And.
Like that, briefly.
It was right after White sighed inwardly.
“…… Until there, Shasar.”
A voice was heard.
It was an unforgettable, more familiar voice than anything else.
It was the voice of a girl who had been so focused on Shasar that she had forgotten its existence, even for a brief moment.
…… Lastly, it was the voice of the existence that came to mind the moment I intuited that I was approaching death.
‘…… Asherah.’
Muttering that once in my mind was the last moment my consciousness was maintained.
My head fell helplessly, and at the same time, the sensation of sinking to the bottom of the water came over me.
*****
“…… Yes, you were there.”
Shasar’s head turned.
She glanced at the boy who had lost her mind before she knew it, and who was arrogantly attacking her.
“… ….”
After that, he recognizes the existence of a girl who has been watching the situation while standing behind him.
The corners of Shasar’s mouth were torn.
“Ashera.”
“… ….”
Not answering Shasar’s call, Ashera was silent.
She was just raising her mana with her empty eyes flashing.
A hand blade imbued with black mana was touching a woman’s neck.
“Let him go, Shasar.”
…… He let out a bloody voice as if he would cut Violet’s throat at any moment.
The gaze was on Shasar, but it wasn’t him who was looking.
At this moment, there was only one target she was looking at.
“…… If you don’t let go, I’ll kill Violet right now.”
Looking at White, who was held in Shasar’s grip, Ashera murmured coldly.
The pupils had already lost their light, and the expression only gave off an inorganic color.
“After that.”
Soon, she spits out her sincerity.
“… ….”
…… No matter how much Shasar, it was a word that could not be easily ignored.